This is a great post. I think it would reach a much wider audience if it were posted in a different, more relevant comm and had a title that indicated its nature better.

Don’t forget crypto before that, and still around now. SMDH

For example the ICC projections assume that, towards the end of the century, we start becoming carbon-negative by figuring out effective carbon capture.

With magic fairy dust! How in the world did they base their projections on technology that didn’t exist and wasn’t even on the horizon?

We’ve been pointing this out ever since the concept of currency became a thing, but I’m sure we will learn our lesson this time and stop doing it.

I think that this became an issue even before currency. It happened as soon as agriculture allowed for accumulation of resources, power, and wealth. I sometimes think that that was really the point when humanity took the wrong turn.

Now if only the GIMP maintainers would come to their senses.

Edit: corrected “it” to “if”.